/*********************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Andrew Khan
 * <p>
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * <p>
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ***************************************************************************/

package jxl.write.biff;

import jxl.Cell;
import jxl.CellType;
import jxl.biff.Type;
import jxl.common.Logger;
import jxl.format.CellFormat;

/**
 * A blank record, which is used to contain formatting information
 */
public abstract class BlankRecord extends CellValue {
    /**
     * The logger
     */
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(BlankRecord.class);

    /**
     * Consructor used when creating a label from the user API
     *
     * @param c the column
     * @param cont the contents
     * @param r the row
     */
    protected BlankRecord(int c, int r) {
        super(Type.BLANK, c, r);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor used when creating a label from the API.  This is
     * overloaded to allow formatting information to be passed to the record
     *
     * @param c the column
     * @param r the row
     * @param st the format applied to the cell
     */
    protected BlankRecord(int c, int r, CellFormat st) {
        super(Type.BLANK, c, r, st);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor used when copying a formatted blank cell from a read only
     * spreadsheet
     *
     * @param c the blank cell to copy
     */
    protected BlankRecord(Cell c) {
        super(Type.BLANK, c);
    }

    /**
     * Copy constructor
     *
     * @param c the column
     * @param r the row
     * @param b the record to  copy
     */
    protected BlankRecord(int c, int r, BlankRecord br) {
        super(Type.BLANK, c, r, br);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the content type of this cell
     *
     * @return the content type for this cell
     */
    public CellType getType() {
        return CellType.EMPTY;
    }

    /**
     * Quick and dirty function to return the contents of this cell as a string.
     *
     * @return the contents of this cell as a string
     */
    public String getContents() {
        return "";
    }
}



